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St. Paul daily globe., 1887-09-10
Yankton.

j. T. NJ. Pierce and family have ar
rived from England, where they haves
spent the summer. They were accomss
panied by Mr.. Pierce's sister.
Miss Eta Wright, who has been in
YanktOn for two years. the guest of her
brother, has returned to her home in
Illinois.
Mrs. Margaret Hand is at home from
Parker, and her daughter, Mrs. Eliza
beth Crandall, of Minnesota, is her
guest.
Mr. and Mrs. George NJ. Forman, of
Mankat0, Minn., are the guests Of
George R. Scougal.
Miss Nellie Burns and Misses Helen
and LOttie East visited in Huron during
the encampment.
Judge Tripp and daughter, Miss Maud,
are expected to return from Europe next
month. 4
EMr. and Mrs. E. 81. Van Antwerp ands
little daughter are sojourning in Siouxs
Falls.
Miss Nellie Sharp, of Leavenw ortll1
Kan, is the guest of Miss Grace Hand. 3
Miss Jessie Matthiesen is in Mason
City, To-, the guest Of Miss Nellie Hale.4
Mrs. J. c. Hale and Mrs. R. T. Row.,
ley, of Mason City, Ia, are visiting Mrs.
L. l.. Tyler.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Rogers, of CAM
ton, were in Yankton last week. q
Judge and Mrs. E. T. White have re-
turned from Lake Superior. 4
Prof. and Mrs. E. M. Young have ref
turned from the East.
W. B. Dean and family are in Dubuque
for weeks visit.
Miss Mamie T. Hoyt is visiting in
Scotland.
Mrs. Eden Maxwell has returned to
Scotland.
Mrs. John Stafford, of Aberdeen, is in
the city. :
Mrs. NJ. Hoyt has gone to Scotland to
reside.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-09-10
OwatOnna.

Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Sperry entertained
quite party at tea last Friday. Among
the ladies present were MeSdames
Trusdell, Peck, Rankin, Chadwick,
Bigelow, S. Nelson, f. M. Banter and
Wilkinson, the Misses Kate and Ellen
Nelson and Miss Harris.
The Congregationalist society held
their sociable this week at the home of
Mrs. w. 81. Montgomery, Mrs. Bruce
and Miss Vesta Hankes being in
charge.
Miss Susie Cushman, of Mantorville,
who has been spending few days with
friends, left Thursday for st. Paul.
Mrs. P. Brennan gave children's
party last Tuesday afternoon in honor
OF her little daughter Mamie.
Miss Libbie Crandall. daughter of
Senator Crandall, went to AnOka,
Thursday.
Miss Frank Boyton, of Hastings, has
returned to OwatOnna to attend the
academy.
Mrs. 81. Gillett is in Minneapolis the
guest of her daughter, Mrs. G. III. Ran
dali.
Mrs. F. L. Murry has returned from
visit OF several weeks at Milbank.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Trusdell started
this week for DEVILS Lake, Oak.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Downie have gone
to visit friends in Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. II. Stevenson have
moved to Duluth.
Mrs. L. NJ. Skinner entertained at tea
Tuesday.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-09-10
Lewiston.

Mrs. J. B. Soboliski spent the day in
Rochester Thursday.
Mrs. 1. c. Slade returned from Foun-
tain City this week. a.
Miss Grace Nettleton is visiting
friends at ST. Charles.
Miss Emma Putnam returned to Stock
ton Tuesday.
Miss Mary Neeb went to Rochester
Wednesday.
Mrs. John Neeb went to Rochester
Monday.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-09-10
Albert Lea,

Misses Nellie Levins, Leila Fobes,
Josie Bachelor and Pearl Day, assisted
by Miss Elite Armstrong, gave Japan
ese reception on Wednesday evening.
The young ladies were all in Japanese
costumes.
Mrs. Hazletin's class presented
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-09-10


spend the winter. with her brother, A.
+. Angus, at Montreal, Que.
Mrs. j. p. Kennedy will leave next
week to visit her sister, Miss Kittle La
Grave, at Minneapolis.
Mrs. Frank L. Sullivan is sojourning
Will with her mother, Mrs. T. Kellogg, at
McGregor, 10.
Mrs. c. L. Lewis Is entertaining her
mother, Mrs. G. w. Moore. of Mime
apolis.
Mrs. Cooper, of Minneapolis, is visit
Ing her sister, Mrs. j. P. Nangle.
2 Miss Irene Cowing has returned to st.
Mary's, Faribault.
Mrs; A: Fl: Chambey has returned
from Litchfeld.
Mrs. Frank Gray has returned from
Wisconsin.
Mrs. A. Hilton is visiting at Kenyon.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-09-10
Bismarck.


Mrs. Gen. Hughes gave very pleas
last. The following ladies were present:
Mrs. Gov. Church, Mrs. Auditor Ward,
Mrs. Judge Francis, Mrs. DR.. Porter,
Mrs. J. W. Clarke, Mrs. George H.
Fairchild, Mrs. Esterbrook, Mrs. E. II.
Wilson, Mrs. DIR. Frazer, Mrs. W. S.
MOOrhOuSe, Mrs. George W. Newton,
Mrs. Harvey Harris, Mrs: E. L. Whit
ford and Mrs. D. W. Hutchinson.
A pleasure party composed of Mrs.
Gov. Pierce, Miss Mae Pierce, Mr.. and
Mrs. Gerald Pierce, and Messrs. Paul
Pierce and Elliot Barnes, returned
Saturday from three weeks camp ing
tour in the direction of DEVILS Lake.
Mrs. John Davidson and daughters,
Hattie and Kittie, have returned from
jamestown, where they have been the
guests of Mrs. DR.. Archibald.
Miss Ormiston, Mrs. Luke and Mrs.
Cyrus Thompson, who have been visit
ing with Mrs. G. W. Thompson, have
returned to Sims.
Mrs. DR.. Frazer, Mrs. o. R. Barnes.
Mrs. w. S. MoorhOuse and Mrs. Joseph
Dietrich are at the Minneapolis Exposi-
ton.
Mrs. Rev. j. a. Stewart, of Casselton,
left for home Tuesday, after visiting
some days with Mrs. II. c. Watson.
Miss Laura F. Adams, of Evanston.
ILL.,, is one of the new corps of teachers
in the public schools.
Mrs. j. NJ. Bennett, of Jamestown,
and Miss Eva Poole, of Menoken, were
in the city Monday.
Mrs. c. R. Williams and daughter
Annie have returned from Wisconsin
and Illinois.
Mrs. G. w. Morris, of Augusta, Me-, is
visiting her daughter-in-law, Mrs. E. E..
Morris.
Rev. and Mrs. j. R. Deekard, of Man.
dan. were in the city Monday and Tues
day.
Miss Helen Donaldson has returned
to begin work in the school room.
Mrs. Capt. Southmayd, of Cromwell,
is spending week in the city.
Miss Bertha Packer is visiting Mrs.
DR.. S. D. King, of Mandan.
Mrs. W. B. Watson has been visiting
friends in Logan township.
Miss Grace II. Farwell, of La Mour e,
is visiting in the city.
Mrs. NJ. Eppinger has returned from
Cincinnati.
Mrs: E. Fl. Holley is the guest of Mrs.
o. s. Golf.
Miss Anna Scott has returned from
Casselton.
Mrs. ]. W. Clarke has returned from
the East.
Miss Mabel Rice has returned to
Mandan.
Miss Nellie Joslin has returned from
Ohio.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-09-10
Litch6eId.

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry McGannon ceIe-
brated the twentieth anniversary of
their marriage Thursday evening.
Mrs. E: A. Benjamin returned to her
home at Webster, Dak., Wednesday.
Miss Hattie Knights, of Spring Valley,
is here on a visit.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-09-10

Vermont, where she will visit friends
and relatives.
M Miss May Palmer has gone to Berlin,
Wis, to attend school.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-09-10
GAINESVILLE.

Misses Jones and Peabody entertained
a party of young friends Friday even
ing.
Misses Emma and Zula Famum went
to Mankato Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Jewison have
gone to Minneapolis.
Mrs. Edwards, of Easton, was visiting
in town the past week.
Misses Nettie and Mary Willsey are
visiting at Elysian.
Miss Myra Welch returned from Wa
SEGA Friday last.
Miss Hattie Turner is spending few
days in Waseca.
Miss Bertha Willsey has returned
from Waseca.
Miss Carrie Gates left for Albert Lea
Wednesday.
Miss Emma Merrill has returned to
Minneapolis.
Miss Lillian Jones has returned from
Northfeld.
Miss Kate Curtiss went to Minneapo-
lis Friday.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-09-10
AnOlSa.

Last Friday afternoon, at the insti-
with nearly twenty members with the
following officers: President, S. L..
Page; vice president, Miss Sarah Hun
ter; secretary, Miss Rose Barden; treas
urer, Miss Kate King.
Misses Maude and Hattie Rose, of
Hamline, who have been the guests of
Miss Mary Woodbury., have returned to
their home.
The Universalist sociable met with
Mrs. A. E. Nourse, Ferry street,
Wednesday afternoon and evening.
Hon. and Mrs. j. T. N. Wander Velter
went to st. Paul Thursday morning to
visit Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Scheffer.
Miss SAME Sherwood has gone to Min
neapolis where she occupies the position
as principal of the Horace Mann school.
The young people of the Congrega-
tional society held their social with Miss
Sarah Hunter Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. d. Green left Monday
for trip of two months in Massachu-
sets and Maine.
Mrs. G. W. Denfest entertained the
Methodist society and friends Thursday
evening.
Mrs. o. W. Young, of Ruthven, To-, is
a guest of his mother, Mrs. G. B. Whit
ney.
Mrs. Ed S. Page entertained the Chau-
tauque class last Monday evening.
Mrs. III. E. Jones nee Peet, recently of
Champlin, has gone to Nebraska.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-09-10

tanned the WenOnah club with dane.
ing party Friday evening.
DMiss Clara Giant left Friday for Glen
coe.
Mrs. j. w. Mcclure is in ST. Paul,
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-09-10
Austin.

Misses Ethel Davidson and Jessie
Howe have gone to Northfield to attend
Carleton college.
Miss Matte Messersmith and Miss
Ferguson went to Rochester w ednesday
for short visit.
Mrs. Gleason, of Blooming Prairie,
spent Sunday with her daughter, Mrs.
Burnham.
Miss Susie Moe, of Mankato, came
Saturday to visit her sister, Mrs. Void.
Mrs. W. w. Williams, of Albert Lea,
is entertained at Mrs. G. W. Taylor's.
Miss Mertie johnson, of Albert Lea,is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. F. A. Engle.
Miss Kimball entertained small
company Wednesday.
Miss Nellie johnson started Wednes-
day for California.
Miss Morris, of Chicago, is the guest
of Miss Shepard.
Miss Fannie Gies left Saturday for
Spring Valley.
Miss Carrie Vaughn is down from
Minneapolis.
Miss Lizzie Mcbride starts for the
East Friday.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-09-10
RadWOOd Falls.

Mrs. s. W. Hays entertained q small
party of friends at tea Monday evening.
Ihe ladies present were Mrs. Rev.
James Paxton, and Misses Mamie, Kit
tie and Mary Riheldaffer.
Rev. and Mrs. James Paxton, who
We're the guests for a week of DR.. and
Mrs. Riheldaffer, left Tuesday for their
home In Syracuse, N. Y.
Judge and Mrs. II. D. Baldwin and
daughter, Miss Inez, returned Saturday
from an extended trip through the East.
Miss Zelina Bigham has returned
from Chicago, where she spent the sum-
mer with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. d. Winn and daugh-
ter, Miss Ada, are the guests of Mime
apOlis friends.
Miss Lottie Schmahl left Wednesday
for months visit to friends in the
Twin Cities.
Miss Lizzie Bissell returned Thurs
day from months visit with st. Paul
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Barker, of Owa-
tonna, are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. II. D.
ChOllar.
Mrs. w. P. Huntington and daughter,
Miss Virginia, are visiting in Mime
apOlis.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. T. Ward are home
from six weeks visit to friends in the
East.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. Baldwin visited
Minneapolis friends during the week.
Mrs. 81. N. Bell has returned from a
brief visit to friends in Minneapolis.
Mrs. Simonton is entertaining her SIS
ter, Miss Birkenmeyer, of La Crosse.
Mrs. A. E. King has returned from
an extended visit to Illinois friends.
Miss II. /. Chandler has returned
from months so1ourn in Kansas.
Mrs. A. E. Chandler left Monday on
short visit to friends in Rochester.
Mr.. and Mrs Park Worden are visiting
friends in Minneapolis.
Miss Rose Lichtwork is visiting
friends in Minneapolis.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-12-07

The popularity of cycling is grow ing.
 Thomas Stevens, who has just beeu around the globe on wheel says thai the best roads in the world are found in British India. The Grand Trunk road is 1,600 miles, an unbroken high way of marvellous perfection, from Pershawar on the Afghan frontier te Calcutta. It is made of smooth, hard, natural concrete, beds of which lie along the line.
 How such roads would be appre- ciated by the enthusiastic 'cyclers oi this country
 The wonderful achievement of Mir. Stevens, in the face of myriad dangers, entities him to all his honors.
 The fast riding champion of the world, however, is Richard Howell, of Leicester, England. He is splen- didly made fellow, between 25 and 90 years of age, six feet high, and weighing, in training, about 16Q pounds.
 He commenced riding in 1879 and in 1881, at Belgravia grounds, Leices ter, he won the one-mile champion ship of the world, beating all the best men of the day.
 From that time his career has been one of almost unbroken successes. He came to the United States in 1884 and 1885, ,and at the great Spring field tournament in 1885, won seven out of eight races.
 In the Cycling Neus (Eng.), Oc- tober 1st, 1887, is the following inter. view with him.
 What are your best perform ances?"
 "This yearI did full mile on the track at Coventry in 2 minutes, & seconds. Good judges think, with everything in my favor, I could do 2:30 for the distance"
 "What is your system of training?"
 "I eat plain good food, and plenty of it. l take little walk before breakfast, and then, after that meal, if am loggy, ride eight or nine miles on the track here, in thick fannels. After dinner I do some more 'slos. ging' work, and may be a walk and early to bed.
 "But there is one idea of mine which have found invaluable. If I have done too much work, or my system is out of order, or if 1 don't feel quite sound, 1 take what have used since 1 was queer in 1883. 1 have always found that Warmers safe cure sets me up and puts me to rights again, and it is remedy which believe iu and tell all my friends about.
 'In the winter-time especially, when you can easily understand am not so careful of my health as in the spring, summer CT autumn, have found it invalua ble.
 All 1 want, to beat the fastest bi- cyclist in the world, is plenty oi practice, an occasional dose of my fav. orite and my machine.
 "When I am about right in weight l content myself with short, sharp bursts as hard as ever I can go on the track, and when I can cover 441 yards in thirty seconds with f1yins start, l reckon to be moving as well as want to.
 Bicycling is q glorious sport, but it has its physical Fl effects which, how ever, can be easily overcome by the m atho1 ,sad bv ('bo,o,;oo uo-.Ii
The Clifton clarion., 1887-12-07
EXTRACT.
From the Resources of Graham
 County, by J. IT. Vaughn.
MESQUIT.

1ALcSSAAs
 Mesquit is tree which forms a most notable feature of our Gra- ham sylva and its economic uses are little understood. As fuel the wood, both root and stem, is un- surpassed, and the charcoal made from this wood is of the best quality for metallurgical and smelling purposes. Mesquit posts are indestructible, either under or above ground This plant is capa- ble of making excellent hedges. Seedlings are easily raised, which, in three years, will develope into vigorous shoots, which, by proper pruning and trimming, will make impenetrable hedges. The wood is very hard, heavy and fine grained and takes a beautiful pol ish. The heart wood is richly colored, its several zones varying from yelIowish-red to purple, and contrasts sharpley with the pale yellow of the superficial layers. These qualities render mesquit wood very valuable for cabinet work. During the summer months, from May to September, there exudes from the bark of the mesquit gum, which concretes in tears of variable size and of a light amber color. It has the taste of gum arabic. makes excellent mucilage, and dissolves readily in three parts of water. This gum is found in old trees with thick, cracked bark and around fractures. The yield can be greatly increased by practicIng incissions on the trunk; therefore this gum, being of prime quality, can be made to become an article of trade. The fruit of the mesquit contains nu- tritive principles which make it a valuable article of food. In the field 1t is welcome substitute for grain. Horses and mules soon learn to know the tree or bush, always abundantly frucliferous, and as soon as let loose go in search of the fallen pods lying in the grass under the thorny branches. In full maturity they fall to the ground, and under these conditions they keep well until the next crop. They are rich in sugar and nitrogen; a ca reul analyses yielded 30 per cent of glucose. Before the advent of railroads, when grain was scarce in the Territory, mesquit pods were regularly bought from the Pima and Yuma Indians for about 8 dollar a bushel. They consti- ute a favorite food of Mexicans and Indians. The ripe pod is ground on the matate, the seeds picked out and the four thus ob- tained is cooked into cakes. Mes quit atole is made by throwing the pods into boiling water; when cooked they are put into fresh water and pounded into a pulp, which is strained, the liquor con taining Tn suspension and solution all the nutriment of the fruit and can be drank ad libitum and is very pleasant beverage.
 On the plains at the foot of Mount Graham and in the country north of Clifton there are tens of thousands of cords of mesquit, and there is nothing to hinder its being rafted down the San Fran cisco river to Clifton during the high water of the winter and sum- mer months.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-12-07
DESERT LAND ACT.
or March, 1887. How Desert Land
 Filings Should be Made.

L...., of (town or city). county off,. and State tor Ter ritory) off,. being duly sworn, on oath depose and declare: That I am a native born tor naturalized) citizen tor have declared my ir- tention to become a citizen) of the United States, of the age of. =. years, and resident of. . and by
The Clifton clarion., 1887-12-07
CIiffon Rastomce.

Clifton POstOf1ce. Regular hours from 7:S0 a. m. to 7:SO D. m. Registration from 9:S6 a. m. to D. m. Money Order hours, e:sO a. m. to p. m. Mail departs for Solomonville Tuesdays, turdays. Mail closes goo p. m. Mail for Morenci closes at 6:S0 a. n. No foreign or mutilated money will be received for stamps, box rent or postal orders. that which is addressed to themselves must present an order for delivery.
 A. c. REARDoN, P. M.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-12-07
GOING NoRTT.

Children between five and twelve years of age half fare.
 ~lOO pounds baggage carried free with each full fare, and 50 pounds with each half fare ticket.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-12-07

CLASSIFICATION.
 Ore valued to exceed s159 per ton. First class Ore valued not to exceed Sl50. Second class Ore valued not to exceed Sl00.. Third cl lass Limestone ..-. lniru CLASS Freights not otherwise specified. Second class LAWRENCE RUSSELL.
 President and Gen1 Sup't.
Sharp County record., 1887-10-13
HUNTING ALLIGATORS.
How the Ugly Creatures Are Caught b.
the Hunters of Florida.

How the Ugly Creatures Are Caught by
the Hunters of Florida.
"Canst thou draw out leviathan with a
hookl" is the scornful challenge in the
book Of Job. But man will conquer by
cunning where he can not cope by physic-
al prowess; and hunters pursuing
monsters "biggerr than themselves are
justified in getting what advantage OF
them they can-as the alligator-shooters
do down in Florida. A correspondent Of
Field says:
The only way to hunt alligators with
any chance of success, Is to go on dark,
still night, three or more in boat. One
man sits in the bow, with bulps-eye
lantern fixed on his hat to shine on their
eyes, and armed with rifle or shotgun.
A second man sits close behind him,
with a harpoon, and number three
paddles the boat noiselessly along the
shore No one speaks, as the alligators
are supposed to be able to hear the least
whisper. When the man with the lantern
''shines" one, he directs the paddler by
signs, and the boat is sent steadily toward
it, and a bullet or a charge Of buckshot
is sent cras hing through its head from as
short a range as possible. No. 2 then
takes the gun, and hands No. l the har'
poon, which he drives into the alligator
before it sinks. 1t is then hauled along
side, and the head is taken off, to be after
ward buried and allowed to rot till the
teeth fall out The teeth are good ivory,
and make good ornaments when well
mounted.
When harpooned, before they are quite
dead, the huge reptiles will give little
play; but, as the range is close, it is al
most impossible to miss, and after
shot they are generally too
sick to do more than splash
with their tails till all in the boat
are soaked. A great deal depends on the
man who paddles for if he does not make
a strait course-a difficult thing to do In
an unwleldly, fat -bottomed boat-and il
the light is taken off the eyes for sec
ond or the least splash is made, the ALI.
gator will go down. There are lots Of
small ones, from foot and a half to two
feet long, and their eyes shine just as
large and bright as do those of one twelve
feet long.
Last summer found what supposed
to be an alligator's nest in a belt of pal.
metto scrub near large pond. 1t was
mound some twelve feet round, and one
foot high in the middle. 1t had been
broken into, probably by skunk, and
bits of eggshell were scattered all round.
The shell greatly resembles that Of the
turtles egg, but it is coarser. To judge
from the remains, the eggs must have
been nearly as large as swans.
Sharp County record., 1887-10-13
A WATCHMAKER'S FAME.

P. S. Bartlett was one of the origi-
nal foremen in the pioneer Waltham
tsatory, and his name was adopted as
trademark and has been running as
such very nearly thirty years. At the
lowest calculation 100000 Bartlett
watches have been made and sold.
The exact figures are not at hand, but
this is about as near as can be esti-
mated. The Bartlett watch is unques-
tionably one of the most popular
watches ever made. 1t ranks almost
as high as the adjusted "Appleton,
Tracy & Co.," and is, in fact, con-
structed on the same model. The pat
ent regulator Bartlett is full jeweled,
has compensating balance fitted with
the Waltham patent Breguet hair
spring, which is hardened and tenn
pered in form so as never to change its
curve, and is very closely regulated. 1t
is made for any kind of silver or gold
cases. The latest improvement in the
Bartlett watch is in the open-face style
to wind and set without ever opening
the case, the winding as well as the
hand-setting being done by the crown
only. Unlike the arrangements in 9TH
er watches this Bartlett hand-set is in
the neck of the case, so that it does not
at all complicate the movement. Up
ward of 1000 of them have been pur-
chased by the British Government dur
ing the past ten years and are used on
the state railways in India. For the
same purpose the colonial authorities
of New South Wales, Victoria and
South Australia have large orders in
hand. Through these excellent time
keepers P. S. Bartlett's name is known
in all civilized countries. N Y. JeWeI-
erS' Weekly.
Sharp County record., 1887-10-13
Accounting for the Increase.

Bishop Alexander W. Wayman, the
great leader of the colored Methodists,
asked the other day why the colored peo.
pie of the South increased so much more
rapidly than the white, answered: "We
draw from three sources, while the white
people only draw from one-every colored
woman whose husband is white, the chill.
dren are set down on our side; every
white woman whose husband is colored,
which condition exists in the North, the
children are set down on our side; every
offspring of pure African blood, of course,
is set down on our side; while the white
people only draw from one source-thom
salvesO ~
Sharp County record., 1887-10-13
A Close Contest.

WAsnINGToN, May 27-The artillery
rill whicl took place at Athletic Parl,
Yesterday afternoon between the In
dianapolis and Milwaukee light batteries
has been very generally commented on to-
day. The drilling of the two batteries
was so nearly even that it will require
the fficial score to decide which will carry
away the prize of $500. The Indiauap-
oils m IN appeared to do better work in
mechanical movements, while the gun
nery and evolutlous of the Milwaukee
battery were unque5tionably ihe better of
the tvs. "Gunners mount with caisso9s
to the right of the pieces" was com
mand that gave both batteries a great
deal OF trouble.